Article: Farmers get the blues to local supermarkets

Chicago music clubs aren't the only place to get the blues in the Midwest. Local supermarkets and specialty stores are offering a royal roster of quality blue cheeses produced in the heartland. MAYTAG BLUE CHEESE made in Newton, Iowa, by Fritz Maytag, great-grandson of appliance company founder F.L. Maytag, has been consistently ranked as one of the finest domestic blue cheeses. Made of unpasteurized Holstein cows' milk, it has a higher moisture content than other blues. The cheese, which is produced according to a patented method developed at Iowa State University, is aged from five months to a year in a man-made cave.

Maytag Blue Cheese is available locally at Convito Italiano, 11 E. ...

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